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AIRFIELD PAVEMENT CONDITION SURVEY, USNAF CHINA LAKE, CALIFORNIA

THE RESULTS OF A CONDITION SURVEY OF THE AIRFIELD PAVEMENTS AT THE U. S. NAVAL AIR FACILITY, CHINA LAKE, CALIFORNIA ARE PRESENTED. THE SURVEY ESTABLISHED STATISTICALLY-BASED CONDITION NUMBERS (WEIGHTED DEFECTS DENSITIES) WHICH WERE DIRECT INDICATIORS OF THE CONDITION OF THE INDIVIDUAL ASPHALTIC CONCRETE AND PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETE PAVEMENT FACILITIES. ADDITIONAL EVALUATION EFFORTS INCLUDED PHOTOGRAPHIC COVERAGE OF DEFECT TYPES, PREPARATION OF THE CONSTRUCTION HISTORY OF THE STATION, COMPILATION OF DATA ON CURRENT AIRCRAFT TRAFFIC AND AIRCRAFT TYPES USING THE STATION, AND PERFORMANCE OF RUNWAY SKID RESISTANCE TESTS. /AUTHOR/